Comments: A subsidiary of The Netherlands-based Royal Dutch Printing Ink Factories Van Son, Van Son Holland Ink’s core market is commercial sheetfed ink. The company utilizes a strong distribution network, and has recently made a move into Latin America through its new Miami, FL blending facility.

The Vs series of sheetfed inks has become one of Van Son Holland Ink’s main products, and the company continues to offer new variations of the ink. In 2011, Van Son introduced its Vs10 series packaging ink for the folding carton market.

Van Son has also been developing inkjet inks in recent years, and in 2011, the company launched its new line of Premium Wide Format Ink jet inks for Epson, Mimaki, Mutoh and Roland printers.

In personnel news, Van Son Holland Ink announced the promotion of James Thoele to managing director, technical services.